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Burkus' X-Rated Stone

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook 3XL dry/terrestrial hook, 4-8
  • Thread Orange or tan 6/0 (140 denier)

Materials

  • Body 2mm foam strip layered, orange/tan/black (1-2 strips)
  • Underbody Orange or amber Ice Dub (1 pinch)
  • Wings Three stacked elk/deer-hair or poly wings (triple wing) (3)
  • Indicator White/orange poly yarn post (1)
  • Legs Black/orange round rubber legs (3 pairs)
  • Head Foam, squared (1)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base and tie in a foam body strip at the bend; segment it forward with thread wraps to build a buoyant banded abdomen, dubbing a thin hot underbody in the gaps.
  2. At the thorax, stack and tie in the first of three wings.
  3. Add a poly-yarn indicator post and splay a pair of rubber legs.
  4. Tie in the second and then third stacked wing forward of the first. Why: the triple-wing stack builds a huge high-floating profile trout key on during heavy salmonfly hatches.
  5. Splay the remaining rubber legs to the sides at the thorax.
  6. Fold foam forward for a squared head, whip finish behind the eye, and trim the head.

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